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In many film and television dramas that tell the story of the imperial court during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, Ji Xiaolan, Liu Yong, and He Yan are often the most frequently appeared in the film, especially the plot of Ji Xiaolan and Liu Yong fighting corrupt officials. In film and television dramas, the official positions of Ji Xiaolan, He Yan, and Liu Yong are often set up similarly, Ji Xiaolan and He Yan are called "university scholars", He Yan is called "Zhongtang", and Liu Yong is called "Prime Minister", so how did these titles come about, and what exactly are the actual official positions of the three people. Who's bigger?
1. Hezhen
In his lifetime, he held many official positions, in addition to his main business, he also had many part-time positions, the most important official positions were the chief university scholar and the foreman of the military aircraft minister in the cabinet of zhengyipin officials. The so-called Cabinet University Scholar is the chief officer of the Cabinet Bachelor, the Emperor's chief of staff or the highest-ranking staff, who helps the Emperor to write the Holy Will, look at the Sonata, etc., and write a good handling opinion before the Emperor deals with major matters, that is, "vote drafting". The office of the university scholars in the Ming and Qing dynasties was in the cabinet, the Zhongshu lived in the east and west rooms, and the university scholars were in the center, so it was called the Middle Hall, and he yan was often called "HezhongTang" for this reason. The Minister of Military Aircraft was the chief officer of the Military Aircraft Department unique to the Qing Dynasty, responsible for reporting to the emperor on a daily basis, assisting in handling major state affairs, handling major cases, inspecting various yamen, and so on. The so-called "edict of the palm book, the general purpose of the army and the country, in praise of the administration of the aircraft." "The actual influence of the Minister of War is far greater than that of the chief officer who went to his ministry.
At the same time, He yan also had a series of "part-time positions", such as the chief officer of the official department, the household department, the punishment department, the Li Fan Yuan, the Internal Affairs Office, the Hanlin Yuan, and so on, or the commander of the infantry, etc., all of which were the chief officers of the key departments with real power. In Qianlong's later years, He Yan was even in charge of the Tai Hospital and the Imperial Pharmacy, which shows that the tentacles of his power covered almost every corner of the Qing Dynasty.
2. Ji Xiaolan
In many of the novels or TV dramas, Ji Xiaolan has a very high official position and can compete with Hezhen, but in fact, Ji Xiaolan's main achievement is in academics rather than official positions, and his highest official positions are only Rebbe Shangshu and Duchayuan Zuo Du Yushi, both of whom are officials from Yipin, who were only named by the Jiaqing Emperor as co-founders and added the title of Prince Shaobao a month before his death. Ji Xiaolan's official position is neither as big as He yan's, nor is it as much as hezhen, and most of Ji Xiaolan's part-time positions are "the chief editor of so-and-so books", focusing on learning, so from the official position, Ji Xiaolan is far inferior to Hezhen. Moreover, during the Qianlong period, Ji Xiaolan should be called "Cabinet Bachelor", and the title of Cabinet University Scholar should only begin during the Jiaqing Period.
3. Liu Yong
During the Qianlong period, Liu Yong's official position was a little larger than that of Ji Xiaolan, and he also served as the left capital of the Imperial Household Bureau, worked as a Shangshu in the Ministry of Works, Officials, and Soldiers, and was also an assistant university scholar, and the highest position was from Yipin. Because many times, Liu Yong would concurrently serve as the Shangshu of the two departments, so Liu Yong's actual authority was greater than that of Ji Xiaolan, but it was still much worse than that of Hezhen. During the Jiaqing period, Liu Yong was awarded the Title of Zhengyi Pin Ti Ren Ge University Fellow, and only then did he catch up with He Yan in rank, at this time Liu Yong was also a serious "Cabinet University Scholar".
In fact, Liu Yong was born in the fifty-ninth year of Kangxi, Ji Xiaolan was born in the second year of Yongzheng, and He Yan was born in the fifteenth year of Qianlong, so many film and television dramas set the age of the three people almost not very strictly. During the Qianlong period, the Qianlong Emperor's trust in Hezhen was almost unmatched. Qianlong Thirty-eight years and Yan yan is still only an honor guard attendant, Qianlong fifty-one years he was a zhengyi pin Wenhua Temple university scholar, this promotion speed is almost crazy, it can be seen that the Qianlong Emperor trusted him, so the influence of the Qianlong Emperor is definitely higher than that of Hezhen.
However, although He yan had the largest official position and was highly favored by Qianlong, Ji Xiaolan and Liu Yong still had the capital to fight with him, because they had both held the same official position, Zuo Du Yushi. Although Yipin's official position is not as prominent as that of a university scholar, the influence of the yan officials is there, the privilege of "wind and rumors" is there, and the duties of corrupt officials such as Zhuan Dou and Yan are there, after all, they are ultimately victors, during the Jiaqing period, after He Yan was imprisoned, there was Liu Yong who participated in the trial and the case.